Illustrated Talk on Garden Design - Hints for ´Plantaholics´

Tuesday 13th February

At the Hotel Garbe, Armacao de Pera

10.30 Coffee and Welcome
11.00am Talk followed by Question & Answer Session
12.30 Lunch & Afternoon Garden Visit - to be confirmed

Are you a Plantaholic ? join your fellow sufferers and find out how to get help for your problem ! All too often we rush into buying/growing that gorgeous looking plant we have seen in books, at garden centres or in other gardens. However, when we are wandering round our own garden, with the pot in our hand, the problems start. Come and hear some hints on how to make spaces fit for those *must have* plants. Mediterranean Garden Society members free, non-members 5 euros per person excluding lunch. For further information & to book your place please contact Rosie Peddle Tel: 289 791 869 email: rosie@thebtf.net by 7th Feb.

Garden Design and Appreciation courses run by Alan Mason are being held on the Algarve this winter. Alan is one of the most experienced and best qualified garden designers in Europe. He is a Royal Horticultural Society speaker and regularly gives lectures to groups regionally, nationally and internationally. A course will be held at the Hotel Garbe, Armaçao de Pera, central Algarve and is open to non-residents. The course runs from 4-11 February 2007 and will be tutored by Alan Mason & Marylyn Webb. www.gardenexpert.com The course will be four 2 1/2 hour sessions with garden visits. Contact Vicki Good www.hotelgarbe.com or tel. 282 320260 for more information.

Contributed by Rosie Peddle

TGIF Lunch - Last Friday

The first TGIF lunch took place here at the Hotel Garbe last Friday. Here are a few pictures.

Roy Whitehouse of WIS International (pictured here) gave an entertaining and informative talk about Data Protection, Grey Markets and Misrepresentation.

The Resident Newspaper has introduced this series of lunches – TGIF (Thank Goodness it is Friday!) which will all be held
here at The Hotel Garbe in Armação de Pêra on the fourth Friday of each month with the exception of July, August and December.

The aim is to bring business people an opportunity to network, as well as the change to hear a lively and informative speaker speaker.
Generally the topics will be biased towards doing business in the Algarve, but in February and September we hope to encourage many of the retired residents of the Algarve to attend.

Next Month
Friday, 23rd February - John Westwood, of Blacktower Financial Management Ltd., will be the speaker and John's talk will be on Equity Release and Home Reversion : 24 euros per person.

How to Book: e-mail: tgif@portugalresident.com – don’t forget to state how many people you are booking for and their names.

Theatre Dinner Review - Contributed

Contributed: Pauline Thurman

Review of "Big Cats"

Live theatre is always a joy and the Algarve is lucky to have Susan Jefferies and Victor Graham from the Jefferies English Theatre visit and perform in the winter.

Written by Alec Baron the star roles were taken by Suzanne and Victor being "husband" Joe and wife Lily. The social worker Ann was played by Diane Cantillon Ings. She gave a typical social workers performance. The play was based in Lily's council house. Lily is in dire straits for money and is constantly talking to Joe.

Letters from the council arrive informing Lily her home is to be demolished. She just tears them up refusing to accept the inevitable and of course not wanting to leave Joe behind.

Several scene's later and following the social workers visit it becomes apparent that Joe is no longer with us. Lily is talking all the time to his ghost/spirit. At the eleventh hour Lily in fact agrees to move on to another abode leaving Joe in the home to be demolished the following day.

A good performance by all concerned .

The next Theatre Dinners are on Wednesday, 28th February and Thursday, 1st March when two comedies "Thicker that Water" and "Would you like a cup of Tea" will be performed. Early booking is advised. Tel: 282 320260 E.mail:info@hotelgarbe.com